The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23

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speatina more especially Of the last years, IL
results from most Interesting investigyatIon
Table published by It soms months ago. that
the price Of fCriy.iour
case Of ak Of them-nsmely Jamaica rum. good GOD
EnRiish potatoes. Bt. Petersburg dax,. &C.
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thirty.eight others. The increase. where It has
occurred, has been email. and quite insigplh.
eans eomrared Win the REDUCTION wnere IL mas
MI Few. extending their inquiries outside
Sod i hs esSinsivs standard arS those wh srs
tho greater number Of commodities have moro
When interviewing British manufacturers
ana i wSk .bs the tSs reply you receive
g. fairly hs ss Thus
carpenters, ioiners. apd upholsterers will curse
t before you the 70 we q machinery the mports
Norway and. Sweden. and Of Indifferent furni-
tSSs rS at rc9s fur below what
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ployers are getting their work prepared in the
| quarry at q lower rate than town wages. and
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ment. and tSoss Of Bristol that their trade Is
graaua,Iy getting worse from year tS year;
superseling wood ship building, and. thirdly,to
ne RESTRICTIONS placed on wooden ships by tho
| The engine builders will almost unanimously
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end ascribe It. to branch firms being started In
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for s gives the fS
good as the ENGLISH and much cheaper. The
Of LOT Of Cheap made up stun from New York,
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against the introduction Of French, Swiss, and
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munity will demonstrate against goods being
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from America to London via Liverpool. at .
much cheaper rate than they can be carried
from Manchester to London. or from Liverpool
To say Of those grievances that they are un-
nence sssravated By isnorance e since t most Of
them have been brought 70, light by oficil in.
E. s add s sred'
The Englishman complains Of foreign com:
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IN the E foreigners own markets IN preference
the ss M0rk and mas ne not
Then again. H. for instance, the Manchester
cotton spnners and the Birmingham gun.
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natprally the foreigner has not liked it
What makes England's position worse Is that
| during the last ten years there has bean a
great REACTION in favor Of the proteGtionist
IN IL IL
q Witch have II been Isd d VAR
tendency has appeared In the United States,
bit any petty reduction Of duties which has
Free trade would be perfection itseii il thss
sonats se% IL sdopon
put as this condition does NOT exist, II has Ger.
that the balance Of It's advantages far excels
them IN = country SO situated y, TED as ~, England
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nation at large is on . progressive path,
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industry In this country. there is one Of them
paeat as Il is terrbs. Oh s as
But putting agriculture aside. how can We
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British labor. whom we see that the average Of
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similar figures could be set forth with regard
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siniar e1n0'
This. at an events, Is certain, that those who
who draw their incomes from dxed invest
.nents. have apparently little to grnmble ABOUT
PROPORTION 81 tie riehes ACTUALLY created IN the
country is falling to the share Of the employers
then sRs til. country is now dis
tribnted differently It has not dimlnished. and
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e p nearly 55h5y RE- r.,
sm ssS5 70 ses Wills h
Yet there Is no doubt i that there has recently
been great falling Of in the orders formerly
Tie ~ prssent q
the production. Sir James Caird estimates
loss IN the n G Wiz s he
culture at sl$,soo.ooo during tho year 1855,
Sfs which has eth sae In 81 ms
| working classes, though many workers will!
| still riot and strike. 1t has vastly improved
| OF labor, his higher wages. and food as cheap
| as anywhere. the English workman Is certainly
| better or than any other European artisan.
and maybe. taken all in all, the best of In the
whole world.
To sum up, this country Is not 80 much pass
| ing through commercial and Industrial crisis
! as STRUGGLING with commercial and Indus.
| three principal features Of its present econom-
| ical troubles are:
| al The great CHANGES II Is undergoing ip the
| seem to BIO produced In less quantity. but to
| be more equally divided the consumer and
| OF II than formerly.
| q. The success OF foreign workers and mer-
chants who have now grown strong and conh.
dent enough to assail England In right, earnest
at all points. and even In her own markets.
8. The eclipse, ut least for many years to
come, II not forever, OF Brttain's greatest pur-
chasing power-her agriculture
And these certainly are features OF o rovolu-
ttonary character.